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I'm going to leave the official response to the man in charge

Good point..

Yes, you could definitely advise them that the CTAF for the airport is another freq. The process they were using to conduct their flight could result in a loss of life in the real world, so it's worth mentioning it. So, if you can find them, by all means, let them know.

For sure, I just wanted to make sure I wasn't going to be stepping on peoples toes or anything like that.

I updated their account info to show the full commercial customer name (it was one of the few I forgot to do). From now on you'll see "Cypress College" when they are flying.

Real world, you'd likely never know they were on the wrong CTAF. You would be making position reports on the correct freq (per A/FD). Seeing them in the pattern but not hearing them on the radio would probably beg the assumption that they're just not making radio calls.

If I were doing pattern work at a field with that going on, I'd probably change to another local field. Or if I were close to landing, make a full stop and wait for them to move on. If they landed full stop there, I would approach them about it (diplomatically).

I wouldn't spend the time in-flight to check the other possible frequencies, since that would become a major distraction.

Of course, on PE we can look at the live map and see what they're tuned to. Here, I would make a quick call on the freq they're on to advise the correct CTAF.

Gavin